Posted by Steve Polkinghorne on November 02, 1997 at 00:08:12:
Ok. Enough's enough. Who has read Stephanie's article in the Manchester v Ayr semi final programme?
In a very disjointed and often incomprehensible article she abuses fans from every club in the Superleague (and Telford get a look in as well).
What the hell gives her the right to sit in judgement of opposing fans? At the end of her tirade of abuse she claims that "...what I say about opposing fans is only in good humour and should not be taken seriously...."
Let's see now, according to Stephanie you away supporters are:
Newcastle: Ungracious
Ayr fans - don't take offence but you're too hairy.
Basingstoke - Dippy.
Bracknell - No personality (and the team has as much flare as Manchester City).
Cardiff - Dead or a bunch of puppets (outnumbered by sheep).
Sheffield - Also outnumbered by sheep and with a large chip on their shoulders.
Nottingham - didn't actually make sense to me............
Do they sound humorous to you? Should those comments not be taken seriously? Are these the kind of things we want to see in the programme? It's not as though it were an article that could only be seen by a select few. I imagine a lot of Ayr fans saw this (if there were any programmes left of course).
If I bought a programme at an away game and saw something like this, I'd be furious. I will be writing to Manchester Storm, Ogdens and anyone else I can think of about this. I'd rather see a blank page than this horseshit.
If somebody wants to point Stephanie or Jennifer Dobson in my direction then feel free. I'm out for blood on this one.